Faculty Fellow

Overview

Susquehanna is launching a 12–18 month fully funded faculty fellowship. This is a unique opportunity to pursue advanced machine learning research in a fast-paced, real-world environment - collaborating with teams at the frontier of quantitative trading. At Susquehanna, our research leverages vast and diverse datasets, applying cutting-edge machine learning at scale to uncover actionable insights - driving data-informed decisions from predictive modeling to strategic execution.

• Conduct applied machine learning research using large-scale, real-world financial datasets
• Develop novel modeling techniques and adapt state-of-the-art algorithms to unique challenges in quantitative finance
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate theoretical insights into production-scale systems
• Contribute to the design of robust, high-performance ML infrastructure
• Explore research directions aligned with your interests, with flexibility in scope and duration
• Evaluate ideas in an industrial setting, generating insights that may inform future academic or applied work
• Help grow our research community by fostering collaboration and leveraging your network within the ML and academic ecosystems

• Exceptional faculty (tenured or tenure-track) with expertise in machine learning, deep learning, LLM, statistics, computer science, physics, applied mathematics, or related fields
• Exceptional newly minted PhDs or postdocs developing a research agenda in machine learning, deep learning, LLM, statistics, computer science, physics, applied mathematics, or related fields
• A strong theoretical foundation in ML and a passion for solving practical, open-ended problems
• Strong programming skills (Python preferred); experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch, Tensor Flow or Jax
• Intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset

Note:

This fellowship is ideal for faculty seeking to broaden their applied research portfolio, explore new domains, or engage in sabbatical collaborations. The faculty fellowship is also appropriate for exceptional newly minted PhD and postdocs who want to develop a research agenda (involving, but not limited to, modeling, inference, and prediction tasks in complex systems), as they prepare to transition into a faculty position.

While research outputs cannot be published due to the proprietary nature of our work, we aim for each faculty fellow to publish technical research papers collaboratively with their research hosts, to showcase some of the machine learning and AI innovations that they developed while in residence at Susquehanna.

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies.

By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.